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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).

Javier Cabral

Politics

L.A. County Drops Anti-Taco Stand K-Rails to Deter Taqueros From Setting Up

One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

Hadley Tomicki

Street Vending

Driver’s License Numbers and Addresses of 806 Food Truck Owners ‘Accidentally’ Put On Blast By L.A. Public Health

L.A. TACO STAFF

Featured

Headlines: Street Vendors Celebrate SB972 Passing, Paving The Way For ‘Permits’ In California

Melissa Mora Hidalgo was born in Montebello and grew up in the L.A./O.C. borderlands of East Whittier and La Habra. She holds a Ph. D. in Literature from UC San Diego and is the author of Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress UK, 2016).

Melissa Mora Hidalgo

Drink

Brown Faces and Natural Wine: Latino-Owned Sala Celebrates Three Years In Uptown Whittier

News

Headlines: 34 Cars Seized, 40 Arrested In ‘Street Takeovers;’ Happy Kobe Day!

West Hollywood Hands Out Test Strips That Tell You When Your Drink Is Drugged

Christian Church Accused of Being Anti-LGBTQ Buys Highland Park’s Bright Orange Buddhist Temple

Headlines: Rapper Big Freedia Releases Cannabis Strain; Selena and Kobe Dine Together On Restaurant’s New Mural

L.A. Taco Guides

Pistachio Baklava and Muhammara: Three New Places to Try Turkish Flavors in West Los Angeles

Headlines: Science Behind ‘MicroDosing’ Shrooms Is Still Conflicting; Monkeypox Cases Double In Last Two Weeks

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